Use of first line bronchoalveolar lavage in the immunosuppressed oncology patient

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 967-971

  Murray, P V ^a   O'Brien, M E R ^a,b   Padhani, A R ^a   Powles, R ^a   Cunningham, D ^a   Jeanes, A ^a   Ashley, S ^a  

^a ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Kent Cancer Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bronchoscopy; HRCT; Oncology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMUNE STATUS; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE; BRONCHOSCOPY; DECISION TREES; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; LUNG DISEASES; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0034983443     PISSN: 02683369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1703020     Document Type: Article

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